Places markskm Wants to Go

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.